Mykyta Bezus

/ BIO
Mykyta Bezus (b. 2003, Kamianske, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2024) and graduated in Filmmaking from the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts (2025). He has also participated in photography mentorship programmes by Odesa Photo Days (2022) and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (2025), as well as the Recall Reflect Retell residency organised by After Silence (2023). In 2021, he was a finalist of Future Photo Days.
Working with photography and video, Bezus explores portraits, landscapes, still life and everyday observations. He approaches photography as a way of engaging with the world and searching for meaning in ordinary fragments. His practice focuses on subtle details that evoke emotional responses and explores themes of human relationships with nature, ecological issues and experiences of change unfolding across time and space.
In 2026, his work After Water was presented in the group exhibition Documenting the Impact of the Russian War on Ecology at the Orangery of the M. M. Hryshko National Botanic Garden, and in the group exhibition Documenting the Impact of the Russian War on Ecology at WARM Festival at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

/ ARTIST STATEMENT
In my work, I explore themes of memory, time, space and human relationships. I enjoy observing the world and noticing the beauty within it, capturing everyday moments and fragments that resonate with me.
I explore family relationships, friendships, love and the preservation of memory. I am interested in the theme of war and its impact on life, particularly on the environment. Sometimes I feel that I am simply trying to grasp the beauty of this world through photography and video. I am grateful to have found my own language of communication through these mediums. For me, they have become tools for seeing, reflecting, understanding and storytelling.
I am interested in photography because it allows me to understand, among other things, myself — why I am drawn to certain themes and subjects. Sometimes, while working on a project, I learn more about myself than about the subject I am exploring. I value the therapeutic dimension of creativity, where emotions and feelings, whether positive or negative, can be transformed into the creation of something new.
I often follow my intuition and photograph what resonates with me. I work with documentary photography, landscapes, portraits and everyday observations. Ideas for new projects often emerge while photographing others or revisiting archival material. I also draw inspiration from conversations, solitary reflection and reading.

/ IN-RESIDENCE
Working on a theme of Time.
How time feels? How do the body, attention and memory experience time?
Is time a straight line, or is it rather a living, chaotic experience that is neither straight nor linear, constantly changing depending on a person’s state of mind, their memory, and what they are focusing on at any given moment?
All we experience is the present—the here and now—but it is shaped by our past experiences and our plans for the future.